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Lee, Richard H

soldier, physician, jurist, was born Aug. 31, 1825, in Tennessee. During the Mexican war he served as a private soldier; and in 1848 settled in Kanawha county, W. Va. During the civil war he served as captain in company A, eighth regiment Virginia infantry; and also in the seventh regiment West Virginia cavalry. For four years he was one of the judges of the county court; was magistrate for seventeen years; and has been president of the board of education of St. Albans for the past thirty years.

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